_The Confutatio Pontificia:  
   
  In Reference To The Matters Presented To His Imperial Majesty   
   By The Elector Of Saxony And Some Princes And States Of The   
     Holy Roman Empire, On The Subject And Concerning Causes  
    Pertaining To The Christian Orthodox Faith, The Following   
          Christian Reply Can Be Given._ August 3, 1530.   
                        Edited by J.M. Reu.   
                           Published in   
         _The Augsburg Confession, A Collection of Sources._  
       (Fort Wayne, IN: Concordia Theological Seminary Press),  
                            pp. 349-383.

                           To Article XV. 


     In the fifteenth article their confession that such
     ecclesiastical rites are to be observed as may be observed
     without sin, and are profitable for tranquility and good
     order in the Church, is accepted, and they must be admonished
     that the princes and cities see to it that the ecclesiastical
     rites of the Church universal be observed in their dominions
     and districts, as well as those which have been kept devoutly
     and religiously in every province even to us, and if any of
     these have been intermitted that they restore them, and
     arrange, determine and effectually enjoin upon their
     subjects that all things be done in their churches according
     to the ancient form. Nevertheless, the appendix to this
     article must be entirely removed, since it is false that
     human ordinances instituted to propitiate God and make
     satisfactions for sins are opposed to the Gospel, as will be
     more amply declared hereafter concerning vows, the choice of
     food and the like.
      
 
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